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A jam submission

Five Steps LeftView game page

Solve challenging puzzles while a timer counts down with every step.
Submitted by zacharybarbanell — 22 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#1944.1904.190
Creativity#8644.0714.071
Audio#55222.5712.571
Artwork#56452.8212.821
Narrative#73921.9521.952

Ranked from 84 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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There's a timer that counts down.

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Submitted (1 edit)

it's a fun and well made puzzle game! Level 11 seems utterly impossible though (EDIT: I did it!!)

Submitted

This game really pushes a simple idea to its extreme. One of my favourite puzzlers in the jam.

Submitted

Excellent time killing puzzle game with a lot of real head-scratching moments before that final glorious eureka when you figure out that it's not actually impossible ;)

Great job! 

Submitted

Very clever an challenging puzzles! Had a fun time solving them

Submitted

A really fun lil puzzle game, that fits the theme really well! Couldn't get past level 10, but skill issue i suppose :b great work!

Submitted

really nice puzzle game! i had a lot of fun playing it! the pixel art is really good and the levels are fun!! nice work bro!

if you want you can rate my game, i rated your's :)

Submitted

Such good puzzle design! Really tickles my brain in the best possible way, so much complexity in such a simple concept. Thanks for the game!

Submitted

You took something and pushed it to the best it can be, as the best designers do!

Submitted

its cool how much complexity you where able to create from something so simple, amazing work

Submitted

The puzzles are interesting—very challenging! More SFX and VFX would really bring the game to life!

Submitted

Takes the tried and tested move counter concept and does some really clever stuff with it. Got stuck at a late level I don't remember and felt stupid the entire playthrough but that's really more my fault than the game's, lmao.

Submitted

Level 13 was devious. Really good execution on limiting the steps and refreshing them.

I found that boxes also refreshing steps was a fun mechanic.

Submitted

One of the most difficult yet satisfying puzzle games I've played in a very VERY long time!

Submitted

Okay I just finished everything, and man this is so cool.

Even with the few mechanics, and interesting ways on how you've used the few elements. The level design is really good, 11 was so cool, 13 was very challenging and 14 was also so cool! The levels look nice and just understanding and utilizing the features was great.

Overall, thank you for submitting!

Submitted

The game is pretty good, a hint system would be nice to be honest, the last level was very hard, and Mav couldn't find any intuitive solutions to it, might try again later.

Submitted

Wow the level design in this game is amazing. Great job :)

Submitted

What a creative puzzle! Very fun to play. I got to level 11 and had to stop for some other stuff but will come back to finish it.  Great Job!

Submitted

Awesome puzzles! Loved the complexity of it despite the simple mechanics. I have to get back to beat the unfinished levels. This game is great

Submitted

Gave up on level 13! I think it speaks to how well designed this game is that I played for that long, I am not normally a sokoban kinda guy but this was great. Incredibly clever puzzles that teach the player the mechanics beautifully- that one level where you teach the player that boxes can push other boxes and then use that in the next puzzle on that screen? Immaculate. My only piece of constructive criticism is that this game could really use an undo button. But it's a game jam game, so fair enough! Excellent work, this is my favorite game I've played so far this jam!

Developer

It has an undo button, Z… but thanks for giving it a shot! I would imagine this being quite annoying with no undo.

Submitted

Aw dang now I feel stupid, reading is hard lol. Great work on this one, really great game

Submitted

I gave up on level 13, will try to beat it later. This game is amazing. Fits the theme perfectly. Brilliant in its simplicity. I'm a sucker for sokoban games and feel a lot of love for puzzlescript. So if I were to decide, this game is the gmtk2026 jam winner!

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